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Lunch atop a Skyscraper

13 Nov, 2017
Lunch atop a Skyscraper
Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a famous black and white photograph taken during construction of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in New York. The photo was taken on September 20, 1932 on the 69th floor of the RCA Building during the last months of construction. The photograph features eleven men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling 256 meters (840 feet) above the New York City streets. The men have no safety harness, which was linked to the Great Depression, when people were willing to take any job regardless of safety issues. There have been numerous claims regarding the identities of the men. The movie 'Men at Lunch' traces some of the men to Irish origin, but the director plans to do further interviews to follow up among others claims from Swedish relatives.